Looking for the best command line option for trancoding a CD to mp3.Using EAC under compression / external compression.What is the best command line to add for best quality mp3 resultsusing lame as the codec.

With a perceptual audio format, there is not really any such thing as “best quality”. There are transparent and ‘not transparent’. Determining how to achieve the former is a question for the individual’s ears only.

That said, we tend to recommend starting around -V2 and then progressively trying lower settings until you start to notice a difference, on material representative of your normal listening.

Would like to adjust this line so it will work to start with EAC using LAME codec.Then will try the others later and compare. So i just need to reset the EAC placeholdersfor the newest version. would this be right.-b 320 -h --add-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors --ta "%artist%" --tt "%title%" --tg "%genre%" --tl "%albumtitle%" --ty "%year% " --tn "%tracknr%" %source% %dest%

Also, depending on what version of Lame you're using, vbr-new is either redundant or might use a different algorithm than you expect. It seems you've derived your command line from a moldy source of information.

Question: Some tutorials recommend not using EAC to Add ID3 tag option in the Additional command line options.The say to direct LAME by starting these options in the command line, question is why would they state this .

Question: So in the latest vesion of LAME Variable Bitrate is the best option starting around -V2 Yes

Thankx for the advice enjoyong using EAC great app and almost past the nOOb stage

Some tutorials recommend not using EAC to Add ID3 tag option in the Additional command line options.The say to direct LAME by starting these options in the command line, question is why would they state this .

I would expect them to give you a reason or some way to contact them to ask the question. I would certainly not take if on faith.

There are quite a few myths about EAC and I have no reason to believe this isn't one of them. Just about anyone can write a tutorial. Most are copied and pasted from other tutorials by people who clearly don't understand the material they're presenting.

What about ID3v2.4.0 tags? Does the corresponding option work correctly in the latest EAC version?When this tutorial page was initially written, there was a bug that when this option was enabled, no tags were written at all...

I will check 0.99pb4 and a couple other versions for myself later. I'm not just going to take your word for it, I hope you understand.

Sure. At the moment I cant't check it for myself, sorry.If 0.99pb4 or later versions can write 2.4 tags, it may be a good idea to update the wiki article. Or have 2.4 tags have any disadvantages over 2.3 tags (aside from compatibility with older DAPs)?